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NEW Tea Time Treats for May! Get FLORAL in the Kitchen with Floral Flavours & Flowers!

Tea Time Treats for May!

Get FLORAL in the Kitchen with

Floral Flavours & Flowers!

Tea Time Treats

It’s time to launch the MAY challenge for Tea Time Treats! With a BIG thanks for Kate from What Kate Baked who hosted April’s FABULOUS challenge which was themed Easter and Spring……..there is a VERY tempting round up here:

And what do I have up my May sleeve you may be asking, well it’s a very PRETTY challenge as it is my birthday in May, so I would love you all to bring me FLOWERS! Our challenge for the May Tea Time Treats is:

Floral Flavours and Flowers

It does NOT have to be as intricate as the cake above, although it’s LOVELY isn’t it, what we are looking for is cakes and bakes, or anything that is baked or can be served at the Tea Time Table, and that has flowers in it,on it or around it, OR anything that has used floral sugars, sugar craft decorations, floral essences or flavourings……..the flowers that are used in your recipes can be REAL flowers or edible cake decorations such as the daisies I used on the cakes below this Easter:

Daisy Cakes with Chocolate Cheese Cake Frosting

So, get floral in the kitchen, bring me some flowers please! ALL types of bakes or cooked goodies that would be suitable for a Tea Time Table are acceptable, so that can be scones, pancakes, muffins, cakes, bakes, biscuits, cookies, pies, tarts etc etc…….and, as with all blogging challenges, there are a few simple guidelines, so please take time to read them below, and then get CRACKING! Have a GREAT Merry Month of May, and I cannot wait to see what you all make and bake and bring the our May Tea Time Treat’s Table! Karen

Tea Time Treats

Tea Time Treats for May is OPEN from the 29th April until the 28th May

The Round Up and the new Challenge will be posted on or before the 1st June

Add Tea Time Treats in your blog post as a label/tag.

The recipe can be one of your own or one you’ve seen elsewhere. You are welcome to republish old recipes/posts but please add the information about this challenge.

Please be as creative with the theme as you like.

If you put your post on twitter please mention @KarenBurnsBooth @katecakeandbake and #teatimetreats in your message and we will retweet all those we see.

You do not need to enter every month to join in with the challenge.

Your post can be submitted for other blogging challenges, just make sure this complies with the rules of the other challenge.

VIP: By way of making entries simpler, and so Kate and I DON’T miss emails in the future, we are testing a new system of entering your recipes this month; ADD your recipe link to the Simply Linked box below; it’s EASY and then all I have to do it swoop around at the end of the month the gather them all up for my MEGA ROUND UP! NOTE: For the links to work, you MUST have linked back to me for this challenge, as mentioned in the guidelines above!

Royal Elderflower & Lemon Curd Butterfly Cakes for the Forman & Field Jubilee Bake Off

I bet you come up with something really lovely, as your gingerbread houses are a work of art! THANKS so much for the feedback about my blog – the blog you are on now is a NEW one on new hosting, I am moving hosting as the last host was RUBBISH!

What a brilliant idea for a theme. I am a flower fanatic and think you have timed this perfectly. We all need some cheering up after the rain we have been getting. I am pleased for you being able to sort out your blog issues, not fun, but looks like it is running smoothly now, Hooray! xx

Love the theme for this month. I was planning some floral themed bakes for a garden charity event in June so this will give me a chance to practice! PS will be interested to know what you think about the linky as may have to set that up for AlphaBakes as well.

you can count me in on this wonderful theme for a blooming spring tea table of May. I have so many ideas for using flowers, perhaps even some of your violet sugar for a tea time treat ! However, my good afternoon tea friends will be slightly terrified of this FLOWER POWER theme

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Bienvenue! I'm Karen; it’s lovely to see you here. I share my time between beautiful North Yorkshire and SW France. I am a freelance writer and recipe developer with a passion for art, travel, books, photography, seasonal food and especially cheese! Please do get in contact with me if you have any questions about my work or commissioning me. Read More…